[Skip to the end] Karim writes: CPI Headline CPI +0.4% and core +0.034% OER -0.1% and volatile items largely offsetting (lodging away from home -1.5% vs tobacco +1% and vehicles +0.8% (after +1.7% prior month)) Favorable base effects for core coming in H1 2010 should see y/y drift to 1% from current 1.7% Housing Starts up 8.9%; largely payback from weak October [...]